DocumentCode
1102200
Title
Lines in space. Part 8. Line(s) through four lines
Author
Blinn, James F.
Author_Institution
Microsoft Res., USA
Volume
24
Issue
5
fYear
2004
Firstpage
100
Lastpage
106
Abstract
In this paper we give the solution for the following geometric problem. Given four arbitrarily placed lines in space, K, L, M, and N, find a fifth line V that intersects all four. And if there is more than one, find all of them. The author aims at an analytic solution and have developed some notation and basic tools for manipulating lines in projective 3-space; and used these tools on lines in space. And on the way to the solution, we encounter an interesting relationship between dimensions that is a useful tool for many other geometrical problems.
Keywords
geometry; mathematics computing; matrix algebra; 2D space; constraint progression; geometric constructions; intersection points; line problem; Clocks; Equations; H infinity control; Symmetric matrices; Algorithms; Computer Graphics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0272-1716
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MCG.2004.32
Filename
1333632
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